Partners

Here at the Milk Bank @ Chester we aim to work collaboratively with a wide range of organisations. As well as working closely with the neonatal units we supply and with other local milk banks we also work closely with the following partners:

Blood Bike Services

• Blood Bikes Manchester
• Blood Bikes Wales
• Bloodfast
• East Midlands Freewheelers
• Merseyside and Cheshire Blood Bikes
• Shropshire Staffordshire and Cheshire Blood Bikes
• Northwest Blood Bikes Lancashire and Lakes

Research and Development

• University of Cambridge Department of Genetics
• University of Chester Medical School

Charities

• Beyond Bea
• Claire House Children’s Hospice
• Forget Me Not Child Hospice
• Our Sam Baby Loss charity
• UKAMB (UK Association for Milk Banking)

NHS Networks

           

• BAPM (British Association of Perinatal Medicine) – members of working groups for Lactation and Loss and Donor Human Milk
• N3 Neonatal Nutrition Network
• Neonatal Palliative Care Network
• North West Neonatal Operational Delivery Network
• Yorkshire and Humber Neonatal Operational Delivery Network

UK Memory Milk Gift partner milk banks

• Milk Bank Scotland
• Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital Milk Bank
• Calderdale and Huddersfield Donor Breast Milk Bank
• Cambridge Milk Bank
• Hearts Milk Bank (Hertfordshire)
• Oxford Milk Bank
• St George’s Hospital Milk Bank (London)
• Southampton Human Milk Bank
• Western Trust Milk Bank (Ireland)

International Memory Milk Gift partner milk banks

• Ottawa Milk Bank (in development)

Commercial Companies

• Ardo Medical offer breast pump hire at reduced cost for bereaved families (funded by donations made to our charitable fund on Just Giving)
• Gousto supply ice packs for donors free of charge